Quantum readiness assessment for enterprises and public bodies
A quantum readiness assessment establishes what an organization needs to do about quantum technology, and when. The Quantum Insider (TQI) assesses two separate exposures, quantum security and quantum advantage, and the output is a prioritized action plan with timelines, not a technology briefing.
Updated Q4 2026
The two exposures a readiness assessment covers
Most enterprises face two separate questions, and they have different timelines. An assessment treats them separately and then ranks the actions.
Quantum security
Which systems rely on cryptography that a future quantum computer would break, and what a migration to post-quantum standards involves. In August 2024 NIST finalized its first three standards (FIPS 203, 204 and 205). NIST announcement.
Quantum advantage
Whether any workload the organization runs is a credible candidate for quantum methods within the planning horizon, and which vendors and modalities are worth tracking.
Who commissions a readiness assessment
The buyers are organizations that hold data or run systems with a long life.
Enterprises with long-lived data
Organizations handling long-lived confidential data, for which the date that captured data stays sensitive arrives first.
Financial institutions
The Bank for International Settlements has published a roadmap on quantum-readiness for the financial system. BIS Paper 158, July 2025.
Public bodies and agencies
Departments and agencies that must plan a cryptographic migration and a view on quantum technology together.
What the assessment delivers
TQI runs quantum security readiness work as a defined engagement type.
| TQI readiness assessment | |
|---|---|
| Based on | A review of your cryptographic exposure and your candidate workloads |
| Result | A prioritized action plan with timelines, including a migration roadmap for security |
| Scope | Scoped to your systems and decision |
How a readiness assessment engagement runs
Every TQI engagement follows four stages and opens with a data pull from the TQI Intelligence Platform. For a readiness assessment they run as follows.
Baseline from the platform
We establish which vendors, modalities and standards are relevant to your exposure, using platform data on companies, patents and research.
Expert analysis
Consultants discover where vulnerable cryptography is used, prioritize systems and review your candidate workloads against your planning horizon.
Primary validation
Where needed we test findings with expert interviews and your own system owners.
Decision-ready delivery
You receive a prioritized action plan with timelines, and for security a migration roadmap that sequences replacement.
Length depends on the number of systems and workloads in scope. The team confirms timing when it scopes the work.
Company and client counts as stated on the TQI consulting page, as of Q4 2026.
Public references for readiness
These public documents define the standards and the questions that a readiness assessment addresses.
Post-quantum standards
NIST released its first three finalized post-quantum encryption standards, FIPS 203, 204 and 205, on August 13, 2024.
Financial system roadmap
BIS Paper 158, Quantum-readiness for the financial system: a roadmap, was published on July 7, 2025.
Quantum readiness assessment, answered
What is a quantum readiness assessment?
It establishes what an organization needs to do about quantum technology, and when. For most enterprises it covers two separate exposures. The first is quantum security: which systems rely on cryptography that a future quantum computer would break. The second is quantum advantage: whether any workload is a credible candidate for quantum methods. The output is a prioritized action plan with timelines.
Who provides a quantum readiness assessment?
TQI Advisory provides quantum security readiness work as a defined engagement type, and it also assesses quantum advantage. Other providers include strategy and systems integration firms and hardware or software vendors. A vendor assessment carries an obvious conflict when the question is which technology to pick.
When do organizations need to migrate to post-quantum cryptography?
Two dates drive the timeline and organizations often conflate them: when a cryptographically relevant quantum computer might exist, and when data being transmitted today would still be sensitive if captured and decrypted later. The second date arrives first for anyone handling long-lived confidential data. NIST finalized its first three post-quantum standards in August 2024.
What does harvest now, decrypt later mean?
It describes an attacker collecting encrypted data today with the aim of decrypting it once a capable quantum computer exists. Two dates matter and are often confused: when such a computer might exist, and how long the data you send today needs to stay confidential. For long-lived data the second date arrives first.
What does a readiness assessment produce?
A prioritized action plan with timelines, not a technology briefing. For quantum security the plan includes a migration roadmap that discovers where vulnerable cryptography is used, prioritizes systems and sequences replacement.
What does a readiness assessment cost?
Pricing is scoped individually, and there is no rate card. Tell us the systems and decision in front of you and the team will come back with a scoped proposal and options.
Sources
- The Quantum Insider, Quantum Computing Consulting & Advisory Services. Engagement types, four stages, client and company counts, and the six named engagements. As of Q4 2026.
- NIST, NIST Releases First 3 Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Standards, August 13, 2024.
- Bank for International Settlements, Quantum-readiness for the financial system: a roadmap, BIS Paper 158, July 7, 2025.
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